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Anti-Spam Laws by Country

• Spam Laws Internationally
• United States Spam Laws
• Canada Spam Laws
• Australia Spam Laws
• New Zealand Spam Laws
• European Spam Laws
• Korea Spam Laws
• Norway Spam Laws
• Israel Spam Laws
• Argentina Spam Laws
• Russia Spam Laws
• Ukraine Spam Laws
• Japan Spam Laws
• Malaysia Spam Laws
• Hong Kong Spam Laws
• China Spam Laws
• Singapore Spam Laws

Anti-Spam Laws Internationally

Spam Laws - www.spamlaws.com/
Consumer Protection Cops Join Forces to Fight Illegal Spam - www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/07/mou.shtm
Data Protection Authorities - www.dsk.gv.at/l_ds_beh.htm
LegalDay Spam News - www.legalday.com/currentissues/Spam.html
Anti-Spam Enforcement Authorities (members of LAP) - www.londonactionplan.org/?q=node/5
Anti-spam Country laws - www.oecd-antispam.org/countrylaws.php3
Anti-spam legislation around the world - www.oecd-antispam.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1
Abuse-spam laws list - abuse-spam.com/
National Data Protection Agencies - fedma.custompublish.com/national-data-protection-agencies.448556-72106.html

United States Spam Laws

• National US Spam Legislation
• US States Spam Laws
• How to Sue US Spammers
• US Anti-Spam Lawyers

National US Spam Legislation

There is now a national US anti-spam law, CAN-SPAM.

• CAN-SPAM
• Old US Spam Bills

CAN-SPAM

CAN-SPAM is now active in the US. It fails to address the main issues with spam, that spam is sent unsolicited, and in bulk.

CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 - www.spamlaws.com/federal/108s877.html
You CAN SPAM - www.mcgath.com/youcanspam.html
Spamhaus Position on CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 - www.spamhaus.org/position/CAN-SPAM_Act_2003.html
CAN-SPAM Law: More Harm Than Good? - zdnet.com.com/html/z/tu/sr/canspam.html
FTC CAN-SPAM report - www.ftc.gov/reports/canspam05/051220canspamrpt.pdf

Old US Spam Bills

Junk E-mail Legislation (108th Congress) - www.cdt.org/legislation/108th/junkemail/
Junk Email 106th Congress - www.cdt.org/legislation/106th/junkmail/
Junk E-mail 107th Congress - www.cdt.org/legislation/107th/junkemail/
Spam and the Law - www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/spam_and_law.htm
United States: Federal Laws - www.spamlaws.com/federal/
This is not Spam! - www.bastisoft.de/misc/s.1618.html - German

US States' Spam Laws

Many of the state laws passed in the US have been preempted by the CAN-SPAM act of 2003.

United States: State Laws - www.spamlaws.com/state/
State Laws Relating to Unsolicited Commercial or Bulk E-mail - www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/legislation/spamlaws02.htm
Kansas No Spam - kansasnospam.com/spamlaws.asp
Spam Free Washington State - www.mcnichol.com/spam.htm
Michigan's Anti-spam Law - www.michigan.gov/ag/0,1607,7-164--81866--,00.html
Florida's Spam Law - myfloridalegal.com/spam
California Spam Mail - ag.ca.gov/consumers/general/spam_phishing.php

How to Sue Spammers in the US

I want you to sue spammers - www.angryox.com/vaspam/
First Steps by Bruce Miller - www.aboutspam.com/stepone.php
Zen and the Art of Small Claims - smallclaim.info/
Spam Offer by Wouter F. Pilger - www.geocities.com/pilger.geo/spamoff.htm - same thing in Esperanto
Spam and the Law - danbalsam.com/danhatesspam/law.html
Searching For John Doe: Finding Spammers and Phishers - www.ceas.cc/papers-2005/174.pdf
The Anti-SLAPP Resource Center - www.thefirstamendment.org/antislappresourcecenter.html

US Anti-Spam Lawyers

Attorneys Practicing Computer Law – Spam - www.computercounsel.com/#spam
Timothy J. Walton spam litigation - www.timothywalton.com/suespammers.html - see: www.netatty.com/spam.html
Mark Woodsmall - www.woodsmallpetrovich.com/
Nejadpour & Associates - www.myspamsuit.com/
Searching For John Doe: Finding Spammers and Phishers - www.ceas.cc/papers-2005/174.pdf
The Anti-SLAPP Resource Center - www.thefirstamendment.org/antislappresourcecenter.html

Canada Anti-Spam Laws

Stopping Spam – Creating a Stronger, Safer Internet - e-com.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ecic-ceac.nsf/en/h_gv00317e.html
Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act - www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/index_e.asp
A Consultation on the Draft Privacy of Personal Information Act, 2002 - www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/english/56Y2UJ.htm
E-mail marketing: Consumer choices and business opportunities - strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ecic-ceac.nsf/en/gv00189e.html
Anti-spam laws in Canada - www.email-marketing-reports.com/canspam/canada/

Australia Anti-Spam Laws

ACMA Antispam - www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD//pc=PC_2008
Spam Act 2003 (Cth) - www.dcita.gov.au/ie/spam_home
Anti-spam laws in Australia - www.email-marketing-reports.com/canspam/australia/

New Zealand Anti-Spam Laws

Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill - www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Legislation/Bills/1/d/f/00DBHOH_BILL6896_1-Unsolicited-Electronic-Messages-Bill.htm
Letter to the Minister of Communications - www.privacy.org.nz/library/letter-to-the-minister-of-communications
Legislating against spam; discussion document - www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentTOC____665.aspx
Parliament starts to get the message about spam - www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10360226
Anti-spam laws in New Zealand - www.email-marketing-reports.com/canspam/new-zealand/

European Anti-Spam Laws

• EU Regulations
• United Kingdom Spam Laws
• France Spam Laws
• Germany Spam Laws
• Netherlands Spam Laws
• Belgium Spam Laws
• Poland Spam Laws
• Denmark Spam Laws
• Finland Spam Laws
• Austria Spam Laws
• Italy Spam Laws
• Portugal Spam Laws
• Spain Spam Laws
• Sweden Spam Laws
• Greece Spam Laws
• Hungary Spam Laws
• Ireland Spam Laws
• Luxemburg Spam Laws
• Slovenia Spam Laws
• Malta Spam Laws

EU Regulations and their Anti-Spam Consequences

Final Amendments to "E.Privacy" Directive - www.euro.cauce.org/en/amendments1a.html
European Countries' Spam Laws Index - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/
Spam Laws: European Union/EEA - www.spamlaws.com/eu.html
EU Spotlight on Spam - ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/todays_framework/privacy_protection/spam/index_en.htm
Anti-spam laws and the EU - www.email-marketing-reports.com/canspam/eu/
FEDMA: Data Protection - fedma.custompublish.com/data-protection.371935-72106.html

UK Spam Laws

• Legislation
• Interpretations

UK Spam Legislation

Office of the Information Commissioner - www.ico.gov.uk/
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 - www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032426.htm
Tougher penalties for misuse of personal data - www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=262486&NewsAreaID=2
Anti-spam laws in the UK - www.email-marketing-reports.com/canspam/uk/

UK Anti-Spam Interpretations

UK UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_uk.html
Information Commissioner's Position before the 2003 Regulations - www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/~atossava/spam/IC/
Commentary on Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications - www.kevinboone.com/tel_data_pro_dir.html
APIG report on spam law - www.apig.org.uk/archive/activities-2003/spam-public-enquiry.html
UK spam law - www.scotchspam.org.uk/law.html
Email Marketing and the Law - emailmarketingmanual.com/articles/07_05/essential_knowledge.html

France Spam Laws

Halte au Spam - www.cnil.fr/?id=1278
FR UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_fr.html

Germany Spam Laws

Kampf gegen lästige E-Mail-Werbung - www.internetrecht-rostock.de/SAktuell/Spamming.htm
DE UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_de.html

Netherlands Spam Laws

parlando.sdu.nl/cgi/showdoc/session=anonymous@3A4770437831/action=doc/pos=7/query=3/KST71269.pdf
NL UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_nl.html

Belgium Spam Laws

Boîte à spam - www.privacycommission.be/actualites/boite_a_spam.htm
BE UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_be.html

Poland Spam Laws

Prawo, opracowania prawne i raporty - nospam-pl.net/links.php#prawo
Law Concerning the Provision of Electronic Services - isip.sejm.gov.pl/PRAWO.nsf/Main/WDU20021441204?OpenDocument
PL UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_pl.html

Denmark Spam Laws

DK UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_dk.html

Finland Spam Laws

Spämmäys ja lainsäädäntö - kaip.iki.fi/spam/SpamLaki.html
FI UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_fi.html

Austria Spam Laws

Austrian Data Protection Commission [Datenschutzkommission] - www.dsk.gv.at/
AT UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_at.html
http://www.rtr.at/%20web.nsf/deutsch/%20Telekommunikation_Telekommunikationsrecht

Italy Spam Laws

IT UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_it.html

Portugal Spam Laws

PT UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_pt.html

Spain Spam Laws

ES UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_es.html

Sweden Spam Laws

SE UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_se.html

Greece Spam Laws

GR UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_gr.html

Hungary Spam Laws

HU UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_hu.html

Ireland Spam Laws

IE UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_ie.html

Luxemburg Spam Laws

LU UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_lu.html

Slovenia Spam Laws

SI UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_si.html

Malta Spam Laws

Ministry for Investment, Industry and Information Technology - www.miti.gov.mt/

Korea Spam Laws

Korea Spam Response Center - www.spamcop.or.kr/spamcop.html
Nospam, Korean Fair Trade Commission - www.nospam.go.kr/

Norway Spam Laws

NO UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_no.html

Israel Spam Laws

IL UCE Page by EuroCAUCE - www.euro.cauce.org/en/countries/c_il.html

Argentina Spam Laws

Argentine Personal Data Protection Act - www.privacyinternational.org/countries/argentina/argentine-dpa.html

Russia Spam Laws

Legal aspects of spam in Russia - www.russianlaw.net/english/ae06.htm

Ukraine Spam Laws

Ukrainian Government Outlaws Spam - www.crime-research.org/news/08.19.2005/1441/

Japan Spam Laws

Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail
( the Anti-Spam Law) (Specified Electronic Mail Law)

Spam Mail Consultation Center - www.dekyo.or.jp/soudan/top.htm
Economic Affairs Ministry Laws on Spam - www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/top/m_mail.html

Malaysia Spam Laws

Malaysia – Regulatory Approach to Spam - www.skmm.gov.my/what_we_do/ins/regulatory.asp

Hong Kong Spam Laws

Hong Kong Government Anti-Spam - www.antispam.gov.hk/english/main.htm
Bills Committee on Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill - www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/bc/bc04/papers/bc04_ppr.htm
Spam bill bites into business - www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=29161&sid=10315709&con_type=1
Hong Kong to crack down on spam - www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/14/hong_kong_spam/
Hong Kong proposes anti-spam bill - www.virusbtn.com/news/spam_news/2006/02_01.xml

China Spam Laws

Ministry of Information Industry Spam Law - www.mii.gov.cn/art/2006/03/02/art_524_7341.html - Chinese
China's anti spam law (machine translation) - www.spamresource.com/2007/01/chinas-anti-spam-law.html

Singapore Spam Laws

Proposed Legislative Framework for the Control of E-mail Spam - www.ida.gov.sg/Policies%20and%20Regulation/20060926163839.aspx
IDA & AGC Seek Second Round Views on Proposed Spam Control Bill for Singapore - www.ida.gov.sg/News%20and%20Events/20050705172846.aspx?getPagetype=20

Spam Lawsuits or Actions

Spam Lawsuits or Actions

Spam Law Articles

Emerging Media and Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial Solicitations - www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol11/Carroll/html/reader.html
Spam Laws: Articles - www.spamlaws.com/articles/
Spam: A Reality Check for Legislators - www.cei.org/pdf/3482.pdf
Regulating Unsolicited Commercial Messages - www.skmm.gov.my/mcmc/Admin/FactsAndFigures/Paper/spam%20_PC_.pdf
European Union vs. Spam: A Legal Response - www.ceas.cc/papers-2004/145.pdf
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003: A Six-Month Progress Report - www.kltprc.net/policynotes/pn0015_spam.pdf
Report on non-OECD Countries' Spam Legislation - www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/47/31861202.pdf
The California Anti-spam Law - www.ivanhoffman.com/antispam.html
Getting the top spammers - ideas.4brad.com/archives/000210.html
Comparative Analysis of Spam Laws - www.itu.int/osg/spu/cybersecurity/docs/Background_Paper_Comparative_Analysis_of_Spam_Laws.pdf
Controlling unsolicited bulk e-mail - fringe.davesource.com/Fringe/Computers/Netiquette/Spam.SunWorld.html
Case Study in Enforcing AntiSpam Legislation - www.spammatters.com/ACACaseStudy.pdf
Combating spam through legislation: a comparative analysis of us and european approaches - www.ceas.cc/papers-2005/146.pdf
Eric Goldman's law blog on spam - blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/spam/
UK the worst in Europe at enforcing digital marketing laws - www.osborneclarke.com/news/4658_news.asp

Spam Law Petitions

Vote against Spam! - www.politik-digital.de/spam/ - now closed

Anti-Spam Legal Discussion

Discussing the legal ramifications of fighting spam - lists.megacity.org/mailman/listinfo/spamfight-legal
UK Data Protection discussion - www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html

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• Spam Discussion